Improved leather-holder



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CHRISTIAN BATES, OF CONESTOGA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Partant No. 94,697, daterl'iSeptmnbcr 14, 1869.

IMPROVED LEATHER-HOLDER.

The Schedule referre. to in these Letters Patent and making part of theslame.

To all whom 'it may noncorn:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN BATES, of Conest-oga, in the county ot'Lancaster', and State of Ienn- Sylvania, have invented a new andimproved Adjustable Iuather-Holder for Curriers and I do hereby declarethat the following is a clear and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had tothe accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specication, in which- Figure l is aperspective view of my device, showing part of the ordinary table A o.

Figure 2, a side view, with the clamp or holder on thc table.

Figure 3, the same, with the holder down out of the road.

` Figure 4 is a front view, with the holder down.

'.lhe nature of my inventionv consists in providing a leather-holder'that can he adjusted by` Vsliding the same ii'om one end of the table tothe other,on a tixed ledge or guide-way, with which it is connected, anddisengaged in a moment, and removed out of the way, in plaee of theloose clamp-hooks and screws heretofore in use, which always requiretime to slacken, and when left on the table, are in the road when not inuse, and when laid aside, cause a waste of time in again screwing 011the table.

llo enable others skilled in the art. to make and use my invention, abrief description of the drawings will answer.

Beneath the working-table A, and near the front edge, alongits length,is a board or iron strip, B, having a sunken ledge ou both sides, orflange, on which the plates D, with their' upper end bent inward atright angles, slide. (A tongue and groove might answer equally well.)These plates I) are attached, by screws (l, or otherwise, (or cast on,)to the top pieces or block Il, connected with a central vertical piece,G, on cach end.

The sliding block F has a female screw centrally, and guide-plates g oneach end, to embrace the central vertical piece. G. A stout thumb-screw,K 7.', from beneath, enters the female screw in the sliding block F, andextends and turns in a ixed plat-e on the upper block E. A hinged clampor holder, of suiicient strength, is ecrit-rally connected to the lowerand outer edge of the sliding (vertically-sliding) -bloek F. An elasticcord, I, 0r its equivalent, toact spring-fashion, is shown, and thestraight edge'c of the holder C is roughened, so as better to secure itshold on the leather. i l

This arrangement of the parts, secured by its lips or flanged plates I)on the guide-ledges of the strip or plate B, can be slid or shiftedhorizontally from one end of the table to theothcr. It is only necessaryto put the leather' in place, and turn up the hinged clamp or holder' C.The adjustment of the screw K will bind the end of the clamp down tohold the leather firmly. A slight relaxation will allow of sliding thesame to some other point, or for turning it down, when the spring-cordI, which has theends secured in the sides of' the holder C, andcentrally behind, by a headed pin, i, figs. 2 and 3, on the slidingblock F, so as to draw the holder backward under the table, as shown byiig. 3, and out ot' the way, is ready to be attached to the leather onthe top of the ta-ble in a moment.

Having experienced the inconvenience of the oldfashioned clamps andholders, after' mature study, I have devised the foregoing arrangementas calculated to be of great utility.

I am aware that various kinds of leather-holders and clamps are in use;but I am not aware that anything substantially lilre this was everbefore known or used for the purpose.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

.Ihe combination and arrangement of a leatherholder, when (constructedwith a horizontal sliding block, E D, and vertically-sliding piece F,provided with a set-screw, K, guides y, and the hinged holder C e,together with the grooved support B, all operating substantially in themanner and for the purpose specified.

CHRI.

.PIAN BATES. Vitncsscs WM. B. Winni',

Jason S'rAUFFun.

